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(11) EP 3 668 374 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
24.06.2020 Bulletin 2020/26

(21) Application number: 18758841.3

(22) Date of filing: 14.08.2018
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A61B 5/00(2006.01)
A61B 8/12(2006.01)
 A61B 1/04(2006.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/EP2018/071979
(87) International publication number:
WO 2019/034633 (21.02.2019 Gazette 2019/08)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME
Designated Validation States:
KH MA MD TN

(30) Priority: 16.08.2017 EP 17186394

(71) Applicant: Helmholtz Zentrum München Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH)
85764 Neuherberg (DE)

(72) Inventors:
  • NTZIACHRISTOS, Vasilis
    80939 Munich (DE)
  • SERGIADIS, George
    57019 Peraia (GR)
  • ZAKIAN, Christian
    Manchester Greater Manchester M33 3EX (GB)
  • BUEHLER, Andreas
    85375 Neuherberg (DE)

(74) Representative: Linsmeier, Josef 
Wallinger Ricker Schlotter Tostmann Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaft mbB Zweibrückenstrasse 5-7
80331 München
80331 München (DE)

   


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